Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-04-16

/ pecially now that there is a street ear line
to the very gate This Will probably prove
the best paving branch of the street cal
( system in this city. park should by ali
I means DE created before the price of real
Z estate in Springfield advances beyond the
point where a good sized park would be
wilma reach Of the city purse. The matter
J. "a-t'y settled. Call a special election
aUd nave the citizens vote park. yes. '
paIk, no." as they did on the marke,
/ house question. Then if they vote park.
no" the matter will be- settled for good and
! they will have themselves to blame if they
refuse TO vote themselves park.
| How do you like Ruddygnre and
| HOyt's Hole III the Ground" Mr.. K. I:
/ Nelson"
/ Il heard both in Cincinnati. recently -
! said the well known editor and musician.
and was delighted with both of them:
! Ruddygore is filled with delightful music
! The opera partakes more Of the grand op-
era character than any opera | have heard
of Suilivan's. There are really some grand
numbers in il. and several with that popular
melody which makes them favorites imme-
dately. | think We may look for Ruidy-
gore in Springfield E-Nt season.
''HOyt'S Hole III the Ground is as funny
and original as the Rag Baby or 'ParlOr
Match. The satire on railroad travel is
delightful. The lunch-counter comes in for
its full share of fun. For instance, the
kicker buys several doughnuts at the
lunch stand and after trying in vain TO
chew one, he sets up a peg in the floor and
commences playing quoits with the dough-
nuts. They ia II 10 the floor with Besse-
mer-steel thud of course. The kicker
also complains constantly of being cold
and at list withers the station agent by
taking off his overcOat and wrapping it
carefully around the stove, claiming that
the stove needs il more than he does. The
play is in Hoyts best vein of peculiar
humor."
Nearly every paper Republican of c0urseD
in the state has some kind thing 10 say in
honor of the return Of Springfield to her
place in the republican ranks. Big head
lines in the Commercial Gazette announced
that Springfield and Toledo take their
places in the republican ranks" Demo
cratic papers are saying that they never
did trust that Springfield, anyhow" BY
the next election Springfield will have re-
gained her old time majority.
The fair ground ::aIready wears beauti-
ful appearance and looks like the handsome
natural park that i is. Several improve
ments have been made during the past year.
4 long row of new stalls have been
erected against the south fence, and good
deal of general cleaning up has been done
Several men have been busy digging ont
the trenches draining the track this week.
and the track itself will he put in good con-
dition very soon. A visitor 10 the fair
ground last week states that he saw sev-
eral young fellows in tights practicing sprint
running. From this it would seem as if we
will have several sprinting machines in the
near future. Ii is probable that there will |
be several matches on July 4th. when the |
biz entertainment comes OF there.
While waiting for train at Carey, Ohio. |
recently | saw gentleman of medium |
hight and solid build standing in the door OF |
the principal hotel Of the place. He wore |
a stove-pipe hat and was faultlessly |
dressed. Something about his figure struck |
me as being familiar. and when he turned |
around was not surprised to see that il
was Rev. A. +. Wagner. formerly of this
city, whose resignation here, together with
the accusation brought against him by a
young lady last year, are fresh in the
minds of the Springfield public. Mr. Wag-
ner greeted me very pleasantly and stated
that he is doing well in Carey. Ohio. He
asked after Springfield and was Interested
to hear about his friends here.
one of the citizens of Carey said 10 Inc
Wagner? Oh. YES: he's
loing well here. You know he commenced